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We spent $10,000 on Product Hunt. Here are the results

We spent $10,000 on Product Hunt. Here are the results

Hey folks,

Our Product Hunt campaign for Terra did well, once we posted for the first time, so we decided to do a paid marketing campaign with them.

To help the fellow Indie Hackers, I'm posting the results here.

Spent: $10,000
Total Impressions: 182,147
Total Clicks: 2,042
CPM: $55
Running CTR: 1.1%

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I'm attaching the impressions per day too

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posted to Icon for group Product Hunt
Product Hunt
on January 20, 2023
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    Did anybody signup, and if so how many people did you convert in total? What is the expected lifetime value for those folks? I mean do you think it was worth it?

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      It would be very difficult to be exact on the ROI. I'm currently estimating that our ROI is ~20% of the amount paid.

      If I compare the product launch we had, vs the ads, the first was far superior.

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    If your CPM was 55$, what was your conversion rate and CAC?

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      I havent compiled them yet, I will repost once we do!

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        Yeah, I do think the metrics most of us would care about would be:

        1. CAC. Cost per customer acquired.
        2. MRR acquired

        And then later, the LTV of those customers, since a large percentage of API customers need the API only to demonstrate something, such as in pitches.

  3. 1

    Thank you for sharing, don't hesitate to let us know your conversione rate, it's also very insightful

  4. 1

    I was planning to go for ph ads with my product and this actually made me certain it is not worth it

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      Yes - it seems like it's very expensive

  5. 1

    Thanks for sharing. What would you estimate your ROI at with 10k in ad spend?

  6. 1

    Thanks for the stats but would be helpful if you mentioned how many conversions you got...

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